Hanoi, Nov. 5 -- Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung received in Hanoi on November 5 Pierre Barnabe, Chief Operating Officer of French technology group Dassault Systemes.

At the meeting, the Deputy PM praised the group's contributions to promoting technology cooperation between Vietnam and France, particularly its collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and the National Innovation Centre (NIC) to establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for digital twins and artificial intelligence (AI) in Hanoi.

He stressed that the Vietnamese Government considers science and technology, innovation and digital transformation key drivers of national development in the new era.

The Government is focusing on improving institutions, developing infrastruct...